FREE ADMISSION! Join the Stax Museum for a special book signing and discussion with the author of “Cold War Country: How Nashville’s Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism,” Joseph Thompson. Featuring author and Assistant Professor of History at Mississippi State University, Joseph Thompson, this event is a unique opportunity to
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MEMPHIS – The Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis is a recipient of a $40,500 grant for Capital Maintenance and Improvement from the State of Tennessee as administered through the Tennessee State Museum. The grant award will be used for updated lighting. The Tennessee General Assembly made available $5 million in funding from
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The Stax Museum is planning the following events in 2023 to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. This is a working list and some events and dates are subject to change. Among the Stax Museum 20th Anniversary events, highlights include: A year of free field trips to the Stax Museum for all school students attending Title 1
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During a special event on September 14, 2022 at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Soulsville Foundation officials, former Stax artists, and others announced plans for the museum’s 20th Anniversary to be celebrated throughout 2023. On hand for the announcement was special guest and Stax icon Booker T. Jones, keyboardist for Stax house band
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the Stax Museum of American Soul Music is among 30 finalists for the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Services. Stax Museum of American Soul Music is the only institution in Tennessee to be selected as a finalist for this award. “Since 2003,
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